The European Union (EU) is a major destination for illegally smuggled live snakes, lizards and tortoises from southern Africa, posing a serious threat to their conservation. Wealthy EU citizens are ...

The aesculapian snake, which can grow up to 6ft in length, is native to the warmer areas of Europe, including southern France and Italy , and have even been spotted in Iran .

Listen here on your chosen podcast platform. Why a frog from Columbia found in a bouquet of roses in England, sparked biosecurity research paper. Reptiles are reportedly travelling into Northern ...

Meet Plesiopterys wildi, the marine reptile that may have been endemic to its region and may hold the key to understanding plesiosaur evolution. ... “It also suggests that distinct plesiosaur ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne. The fossil tracks date to around 350 million ...